Psalms 39
1 To the choirmaster (for Jeduthun *Q(K)*) a psalm of David. I said I will guard ways my from sinning with tongue my I will keep to mouth my a muzzle while still [the] wicked [is] to before me.
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.
2 I was dumb silence I was silent from good and pain my it was stirred up.
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3 It became hot heart my - in inner being my in sighing my it burned fire I spoke with tongue my.
My heart was hot within me. While I was musing the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 Make known to me O Yahweh - end my and [the] measure of days my what? [is] it let me know how! fleeting [am] I.
Jehovah, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Let me know how frail I am.
5 Here! handbreadths - you have made days my and lifespan my [is] like nothing before you [is] only all vanity all humankind [which] stands (Selah)
Behold, thou have made my days as handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. (Selah)
6 Only an image - he goes about a person only vanity people are in turmoil! he heaps up and not he knows who? [will be] gathering them.
Surely every man walks in a shadow. Surely they are disquieted in vain. He heaps up, and knows not who shall gather them.
7 And now what? do I wait for O Lord hope my [is] to you it.
And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in thee.
8 From all transgressions my deliver me a reproach of [the] foolish may not you make me.
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I am dumb not I open mouth my for you you have acted.
I was mute. I opened not my mouth, because thou did it.
10 Remove from on me plague your from [the] hostility of hand your I I have come to an end.
Remove thy stroke away from me. I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
11 With rebukes on iniquity - you have disciplined a person and you have melted like moth desired [thing] his [is] only vanity all humankind (Selah)
When thou have corrected man with rebukes for iniquity, thou make his beauty to disintegrate like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. (Selah)
12 Hear! prayer my - O Yahweh and cry for help my - give ear to! to tear[s] my may not you be silent for [am] a sojourner I with you a resident alien like all ancestors my.
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear to my cry. Keep not silent at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 Smear from me so let me be cheerful before I will go and there not [will be] me.
O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.
